The remains of a 55,000-year-old Neanderthal fetus offer new insight into their decline. While they were discovered in …
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The remains of a 55,000-year-old Neanderthal fetus offer new insight into their decline. While they were discovered in southern Germany between 1968 and 1970, the bones were not formally identified until 20 years ago. Now, National Geographic Explorer Alvise Barbieri has used this rare finding to extract and analyze ancient DNA, allowing scientists to pinpoint a population crash that shrank Neanderthal genetic diversity. Learn more at the link in bio. Illustration by Alice Walczer Baldinazzo